The membership economy
Meet Millennia. Millennia doesn’t take a taxi to the airport, she books an Uber ride. She doesn’t buy a novel at WHSmith while she waits…
Tag: Pottermore
Rowling pens Potter short, George R.R. Martin tells impatient fans where to go
As you’ve no doubt heard by now, J.K. Rowling yesterday posted a new, 1,500 word Harry Potter story on Pottermore, the series’ subscription-only web platform.…
Today in Rowling: PS3 Pottermore, Casual Vacancy paperback
Though the combination of the two hasn’t always been well received in the past, Sony’s video gaming arm has announced its latest attempt at porting…
The Odd Couple: Bundling Print and Digital Books
Last week, after my observation that Waterstones is not in a better position to offer bundling now than it was last year, I had a…
BookMachine Weekly BookWrap: publishing stories from around the web
This week on the site, we were Revisiting elearning in the Web 2.0 age with Anna Faherty, and Felice Howden asked What Game Is Anobii…
5 new kinds of publisher emerging on the web
This is a guest post by Dan Kieran, co-founder and CEO of Unbound.co.uk. A few months ago we were invited to speak at a Futurebook…
BookMachine Weekly BookWrap: publishing stories from around the web
So, this week Border’s bankruptcy was confirmed: They were Done in by its own stupidity, not the Internet, claims Slate. Elsewhere, Google Strikes a Deal…
Harry Potter and the publishers of fury
Steve Dinneen on how JK Rowling hopes to change the face of publishing by sidelining Amazon JK Rowling has delivered a warning shot to the publishing industry…